Fuel Stabilizer?
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Mountain Pass
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Fuel Stabilizer?
I have a 1981 bronco woth a 302 that has bot been running for about 5 years. the motor turns, makes good compression. The carb (holley) that came with it had a huge amount of powder in the float bowl and i assume that means the etire carb (dried fuel?) so i got a still wet carb from a merc. that looks to be the same carb I have.
(it had about 1/8th tank of gas when i got it and i'm not sure how old it is)
Anyway I can't get the damn thing going and I've added about 5 gal. of pre. 91 gas to the tank.
Should I just drain the tank?
What's the easiest way?
or could i use a fuel stablizer and maybe a few more gallons of 91?
thanks!
Ryan
(it had about 1/8th tank of gas when i got it and i'm not sure how old it is)
Anyway I can't get the damn thing going and I've added about 5 gal. of pre. 91 gas to the tank.
Should I just drain the tank?
What's the easiest way?
or could i use a fuel stablizer and maybe a few more gallons of 91?
thanks!
Ryan
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Fuel Stabilizer?
5 years? 
I'd drain it & burn it in a torch or something. 
Put enough carb&FI cleaner in the tank for DOUBLE the gas it'll hold (read the fine print on the bottle) & refill the tank before you try to start it again. Before connecting the fuel line to the replacement carb, crank to see if the fuel pump is even moving any fuel - it may be shot, too, or a line may be collapsed.
I'd drain it & burn it in a torch or something. Put enough carb&FI cleaner in the tank for DOUBLE the gas it'll hold (read the fine print on the bottle) & refill the tank before you try to start it again. Before connecting the fuel line to the replacement carb, crank to see if the fuel pump is even moving any fuel - it may be shot, too, or a line may be collapsed.
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Mountain Pass
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Fuel Stabilizer?
>I'd drain it & burn
>Before connecting the fuel line to the
>replacement carb, crank to see if the fuel pump is even
>moving any fuel - it may be shot, too, or a line may be
>collapsed.
Nope I know the pump works, and fuel line flows. is there a drain on the tank?
A siphon wouldn't get all the gas out would it?
thanks.
>Before connecting the fuel line to the
>replacement carb, crank to see if the fuel pump is even
>moving any fuel - it may be shot, too, or a line may be
>collapsed.
Nope I know the pump works, and fuel line flows. is there a drain on the tank?
A siphon wouldn't get all the gas out would it?
thanks.
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Fuel Stabilizer?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-Jan-03 AT 06:18 PM (EST)]It'd get enough out. Just do the double carb-cleaner when you refill it. There's no drain on the tank, and you shouldn't add one.
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Fuel stabilizer is meant for fresh fuel,it should be added as soon as you buy the gas. It won't do a thing for old gas. You need to evaluate every part of you fuel system and determine if varnish from the old fuel will stop the fuel-flow at any point.Your carb is probably ruined! If you can, clean and rebuild it yourself, it might be worth trying otherwise buy a new one. Every little cavity,port,and line in the carb probably has a pinkish-brown coating of dryed gas. That is hard stuff to clean out of the carb.
Remember to run the gas out of anything you own before storage! If you stop using your Lawnmower for the winter, the engine should be run until the carb is dryed out.
Remember to run the gas out of anything you own before storage! If you stop using your Lawnmower for the winter, the engine should be run until the carb is dryed out.
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